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拍品專文
This peaceful scene is based on the illustrated Zen parable Jugyuzuju [ten ox-herding pictures] which was originally accompanied by a poem, translated as follows by D.T. Suzuki1:
On the verdant field the beast contentedly lies, idling his time away. No whip is needed now, nor any kind of restraint;
The boy too sits leisurely under the pine tree,
Playing a tune in peace, overflowing with joy.
For similar examples see Glendining and Co., auction catalogue of the W. L. Behrens Collection [by H. L. Joly], pt. I, Netsuke (London, 1912), lot no. 617 and Julia Hutt, Japanese Inro [in the Victoria and Albert Museum] (London, 1997), pl. 86-7 (inv. no. W.145-1922)
1 D.T. Suzuki, Manual of Zen Buddism (London, 1950), p. 40
On the verdant field the beast contentedly lies, idling his time away. No whip is needed now, nor any kind of restraint;
The boy too sits leisurely under the pine tree,
Playing a tune in peace, overflowing with joy.
For similar examples see Glendining and Co., auction catalogue of the W. L. Behrens Collection [by H. L. Joly], pt. I, Netsuke (London, 1912), lot no. 617 and Julia Hutt, Japanese Inro [in the Victoria and Albert Museum] (London, 1997), pl. 86-7 (inv. no. W.145-1922)